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RANGERS boss Steven Gerrard admits his side only have themselves to blame after their draw with Motherwell.

Rangers had come from behind to lead with two goals from the returning Kyle Lafferty, embarking on his second spell at the club, and one from Ovie Ejaria.

But in a stoppage-time twist, Peter Hartley was Motherwell’s hero after scoring late on at Fir Park to deny the visitors three points.

And boss Gerrard admits that while his side were cruelly denied three points thanks to the late equaliser, Rangers did play well enough during lengthly second-half spells and they only had themselves to blame.

“It is very disappointing, the timing, the last kick of the game and we tried to get Lee Wallace on to try and help us defend that set-play,” Gerrard said.

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“But Motherwell got the reward but we have given them two goals today. We are bitterly disappointed with the timing of the late equaliser and also disappointed with how we defended set-plays in the main today – it is something we are going to have to look at.

“I don’t think we played well second half, I don’t think we kept the ball well enough or played in their half for long enough periods and we have ourselves to blame for being in that situation.

“I thought when we went a goal down, the first one was an unlucky one, but I thought we played ever so well to get back into it.

“We showed really good character and played some really nice stuff. There were some pleasing aspects of it, but I think when you concede a late equaliser it all just feels that little bit worse and hurts that little bit more.

“I think it is an education for some of my players, who are new to the league and not used to playing against that style.

“But I thought in general play we stood up to them very well, we defended well and there were a lot of tough performances out there.

“In general play yes the change of system worked, I think the thing that didn’t work today was us defending set-plays.

“We have been done twice so that is what we need to learn from, if you take those two set-pieces away I thought the formation and the way we played was good enough to get a result here.”

But Peter Hartley scored late on to deny Rangers three points (Image: PA)

And Rangers fans couldn’t agree more with Gerrard’s honest assessment.

“In Stevie G we trust, just a bump in the road but still unbeaten. Slowly getting over that late goal that game is now in the history books, now we move on to the Ufa game and more Europa money,” one fan wrote on Twitter.